Welcome Back to New Haven - PICNIC TUESDAY! The Environmental Studies Program would like to coordially invite you (Majors, Non-Majors, Prospective Majors, Faculty, Families and Friends) to join us for our welcome back picnic dinner and soccer game taking place on Tuesday, September 10th at 5:00 in the Kroon Hall Courtyard. We all look forward to hearing about your summer adventures, as well as your plans for the coming year! Our menu will feature sustainable fare - be there! In the event of rain, we will relocate to Kroon Hall, G-01.

DUS Office Hours Amity Doolittle's fall term office hours will be Tuesdays from 11:00 - 4:00, or alternate times arranged by email. During schedule signing week (9/9 - 9/11), she will be availalbe from 11:00 - 4:00 Monday and Tuesday, and from 9:30 - 11:00 on Wednesday.

Summer Environmental Fellowship Reports Due Sept. 13 - THIS FRIDAY! All students who received a Summer Environmental Fellowship must submit their 3-5 page report by email to sara.smileysmith@yale.edu by Friday, Sept. 13. Please send photos as well!

Sign Up for an Informal Career Chat with Eric Jay Dolin, FES MEM '88 Students are invited to an informal career conversation with author Eric Jay Dolin on Wednesday at 2:30 in Sage Hall Lounge. Dolin has worked as a fisheries policy analyst, a program manager at the EPA, an environmental consultant, and many more roles in addition to being a writer - learn from his experience! RSVP required - click here.

Rio +20 to 2015: A New Architecture for a Sustainable New World - Conference Planning | 12:30 | Sage Hall, Room 32 | Come to this meeting to get involved with planning this conference on campus in November working with the FES Governance, Environmenta and Markets Initiative and the NRDC!

UN IHDP Writing Contest - Beyond GDP Young scholars are invited to write and submit an article for publication in the upcoming issue of the Dimensions magazine. The edition will contribute to the debate around "Beyond GDP." For more details, and to read past winners, visit this site.